A California probate judge on Monday ruled that [Donald] Sterling’s estranged wife, Shelly, had authority to sell the Clippers, all but paving the way for Shelly Sterling to sell the team to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.
... pointed to Scalia's dissent in the Lawrence v. Texas case in 2003, in which he warned that striking down the anti-sodomy law would only call into question laws that are based on moral choices. In ruling that the "historical and traditional status quo is therefore not a compelling interest that justifies the Virginia Marriage Laws," the court pointed to Scalia's Lawrence dissent, in which he admitted that "'preserving the traditional institution of marriage’ is just a kinder way of describing the State’s moral disapproval of same-sex couples.” A significant number of federal judges in Idaho, Utah, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma and Michigan have cited Scalia's dissent in the 2003 Lawrence case or his dissent in last year's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) when they struck down gay marriage bans.
A significant number of federal judges in Idaho, Utah, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma and Michigan have cited Scalia's dissent in the 2003 Lawrence case or his dissent in last year's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) when they struck down gay marriage bans.
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